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Chair’s Strategic Update:

Getting ready for the next chapter

Professor Alison Wakefield CSyP FSyI

Recently we were proud to announce the election of the
next Institute Chair from January 2021: our current Deputy
Chair Peter Lavery FSyI. Unanimously elected by his co-
directors at the last board meeting, Peter has already made
a significant difference within the Institute both internally
and externally, serving on our senior leadership team,
chairing the board’s Audit Committee, and leading on a
number of significant external engagement initiatives to
help promote the Institute and its values to government and
other key stakeholders.

I greatly look forward to seeing what the next chapter holds
for the Institute under Peter’s leadership, as we continue
to grow in scope and influence, while feeling a little sad
that my term is coming to an end. The last three years have
flown by and the Chair’s role becomes more exciting with
each new achievement. We expect a seamless transition, as
Peter already holds an intimate knowledge of the workings
of the Institute and excellent relationships with co-directors,
the HQ team, our members and external stakeholders.
He will bring new energy and ideas to the Chair’s position
and help maintain the momentum of our continuing growth It has been a huge pleasure seeing the Institute develop, and
in size and influence. External engagement is one of Peter’s to oversee a period of significant progress. We surpassed our
particular strengths and, in addition to his Security Institute 2019 recruitment figures by the end of October this year, with
activities, he serves as a Trustee of the Cross-Sector Safety and over 100 new members joining us each month and exceeding
Communications (CSSC) charity and is also a member of the 3,600 members in total. As our Chief Executive Rick Mounfield
London Resilience Forum business sector panel. CSyP FSyI details in his column, the Government Security

Profession has contributed significantly to our growth and,
The Institute’s vision is to be recognised as the leading through our group membership scheme, to date we have
professional body for security, with a mission to inspire, inform welcomed new members from 33 government departments.
and influence professional excellence for the benefit of our
members, the security community and wider society. Among Another key dimension of our strengthening links with
our declared aims, we seek to collaborate with government, the government is our ongoing contribution to the UK
academic bodies and other organisations to influence policy, Cyber Security Council Formation Project, as one of the
and enhance the reputation and understanding of the security consortium of cyber security professional bodies tasked by the
discipline, providing a powerful unifying voice, and it is these government with the development and delivery of the Council.
activities that I want to touch on in my last strategic update. Co-ordinated by Mahbubul Islam CSyP MSyI, our Director of

Cyber Convergence Strategy, and outlined more fully in our

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